After long hours of negotiations, European transport ministers reached a political agreement on the revision of air passenger rights at a Council meeting in Luxembourg, on Thursday 5 June. This agreement comes 12 years after negotiations began and 21 years after the text was last updated.
The discussions got off to a bad start at the start of the day, with the first public debate revealing numerous disagreements between the Member States. Around 10 of them were unable to approve the latest...